Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
The Bodnant estate has been owned by the same family for over 130 years:
In January 1875 Henry Davis Pochin (1824-1895), a successful Victorian entrepreneur, purchased the Bodnant Estate. A trained chemist as well as an industrialist, Mr. Pochin had invented a means of clarifying rosin to produce coloured soap and he had [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 3rd 2010
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Bodnant garden is famous for it’s Laburnum Arch which was out in full splendour yesterday and well worth seeing. The laburnums were originally planted in around 1882. They are trained over frames to form a curved tunnel of hanging gold racemes.
Due to the nice weather and the bank holiday there were a lot of people [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
…into Wales.
I am still a bit rushed off my feet with lots of things that need organising and visiting people etc etc. But despite this I have been keeping my eye on the weather for bank holiday Monday (today).
The weather promised to be cloudy but fine so I set off towards the place I had [...]
25 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2010
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
The Zodiac clock at Snowshill Manor is a perfect example of monthly.
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18 Comments CherryPie on May 21st 2010
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
On one of my recent visits to Attingham Park I learned about wallpaper tax, I must admit it was a new one on me! It seems that those in power always had ingenious ways of taxing the people.
Wallpaper used to be a very expensive commodity, and was subject to a tax: each sheet was stamped [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2010
Filed under Out & About
…(for now).
The first photograph shows the view from the bottom of the slope where I showed you the bluebells a few days ago. Right in the middle of the photo is the Cadbury factory, it looks rather a blot on the landscape. But I am sure the local community are happy to have it there [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2010
